Victor Frankenstein

"Despite being almost petrified by fear, I managed to escape... I'm the worst person you'll ever meet."

Victor Frankenstein
Game
Kanji	ヴィクター・フランケンシュタイン
Rōmaji	Vikutā Furankenshutain
Also known as	Fran
Sign	Virgo
Birthday	August 26th
Age	25
Status	Alive
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Height	180cm (5'11")
Weight	64kg (141 lbs)
Blood Type	AB
Eye Color	Jade Green
Hair Color	Copper Brown
Affiliation	Lupin's Gang British Government (Formerly)
Occupation	Scientist Head Alchemist of the Imperial Court (Formerly)
Hobbies	Experimentation Improving Chemicals
Special Skills	Chemistry
Favorite Food	Vegetable Dishes Desserts
Voice Actor/Actress	Kakihara Tetsuya (Japanese) Micah Solusod (English)

Victor Frankenstein is a researcher who once had ties to the British Government. Though his knowledge and intelligence are unrivaled, he is genuinely humble and self-deprecating. In addition to being very sociable, he is easily swayed by others. After an unfortunate series of events, he is now a wanted criminal.

Victor is one of the five characters the player can choose to pursue in the game.

Appearance

Victor is a cute guy with short copper brown hair, pale skin, jade green eyes, and overall, a slightly disheveled appearance. He always wears round glasses.

Victor wears a white lab coat that is open with the sleeves rolled up, beige stripes on the upper back going to the shoulders in the front, one matching stripe around the right sleeve and a thin beige stripe on the right chest resembling an "L". He also wears a light green sweater with a single black and white stripe around the cuffs and a brown stripe at the bottom with a decorative golden buckle towards the left side, a long black ribbon around his neck and golden headphones connected to a stethoscope. There is also a black vest with three gold buttons and purple stripes. Victor wears brown gloves with his right one including a forearm guard that is shaped like a gear and has two brown belts with gold buckles. He wears tight very light brown pants with a black wide stripe on the left side and two brown belts on his left thigh. Finally, he has dark brown boots that are laced with a golden buckle at the top. The boots are always open around the shin area, revealing the light green lining inside of them.

Personality

Victor is a humble, sweet and gentle-hearted man. Despite being very intelligent, especially in the field of alchemy, he is shown to be very self-deprecating with very low self-esteem. Victor is also shown to be very self-sacrificing and in one of the chapters he attempts to give himself up in order to save Cardia and the other characters from being harmed by the British Government.

Despite his fragile, gentle appearance, Victor is very capable in a fight and can, for the most part, fend for himself. Even though he can defend himself well, he is shown to be the peacekeeper throughout the game, frequently stopping fights from breaking out amongst the group and caring for their wounds when they are injured. He is the most nonviolent one, and for the most part pretty calm, and laid back with a bedside manner that most would expect a doctor to have. Another flaw of his other than his low self-esteem is that he is somewhat shy and easily flustered. As the game continues however, he becomes less shy and more confident with himself and his abilities, especially after getting over his guilt from the events of his past.

Story

Chapter 1: London Steam

At the beginning of chapter 1, Victor is briefly shown in some papers and wanted posters Lupin obtained at a checkpoint. The posters look threatening and say that Victor is a wanted terrorist. His official first time interacting with Cardia, however, takes place later in the chapter. No matter how you play the game, Victor's first appearance is always in the first chapter of the story.

Victor's first appearance in the game.

Later when you get separated from Impey while walking with him in London on the route to a mansion owned by Saint-Germain, who is letting Impey and Lupin stay at his mansion, a man finds Cardia, tricking her into going with him into an alley where his accomplices are waiting to assault her with him. When the first man touches Cardia, this inevitably burns his skin, causing him to become frightened and attempt to kill her with a knife. Before this can happen, Cardia hears a voice telling her to close her eyes and cover her ears. She does so, but despite this, she is still affected by an intense light a mysterious object gives off when it hits the ground. She becomes dizzy and falls over. She opens her eyes later on, making eye contact with Victor for the first time.

Victor says she's safe now and that he won't harm her. Cardia asks who he is, not recognizing that Victor is the man in the wanted posters. Victor replies by saying that he can't answer yet. He explains to her that the men aren't dead and that he just knocked them out, which gains Cardia's approval. He chuckles a bit, making a remark about how compassionate she is to worry about men who attempted to kill her. He then notices the gem on her chest and stares at it but quickly becomes flustered and looks away after a few moments of silence, saying that it's disrespectful to stare at a woman's chest.

After this, Victor says he'll escort Cardia out saying that the alley is no place for a lady. Cardia is a bit wary since Victor is a stranger himself, making him become flustered again and telling Cardia that she can make an exception in this case. She starts to realize that Victor looks familiar as he escorts her back to the main street. Victor attempts to ask her a question at this point, but he is interrupted by some officers looking for him and coming the duo's way. This is what makes Cardia realize that Victor is the one that was mentioned in the wanted posters. Victor admits to it, laughing a bit as he does so, and then runs off while taking Cardia with him.

Cardia asks Victor if he's okay, seeing he is out of breath. He says that he's okay and mumbles to himself that her not being tired must be the gem's work. When questioned further about it, he waves it off and then explains to her that he has committed no crime but also expresses doubt that she'll believe him since they only just met. Before he can explain why he is wanted by the British Government however, a Twilight soldier appears to take Cardia and Victor defends her using the same method he did before in the alley.

Victor and Cardia run back to the main street where the soldier won't attack them. Cardia thanks Victor for saving her, but he waves it off saying he did it on his own accord. Victor expects her to run since he is a wanted criminal, but Cardia decides to stay with him instead, feeling like she can trust him. Victor explains that's what most people do, prompting him to become flustered and say that it isn't necessarily the case. He explains that he was falsely accused of a bombing mentioned in the wanted posters. Cardia tells him she's on the run too and mentions Lupin.

After Lupin is mentioned, Victor thinks for a moment and asks if she would be okay with him examining her body, saying his knowledge of alchemy and chemistry may be able to help her. It is recommended that you choose the "Allow" option so you can get more information about the gem and more dialogue this way. Cardia asks why he's going through so much trouble to help her, and he says that he thinks she can help him with something as well. He asks her to let him hide out at Saint's mansion. Cardia explains that even though it isn't her place to say yes or no, she will take him there, thinking Lupin will most likely say yes.

The duo walks to where Saint's mansion is on Cardia's map and Victor talks to her about the area and Lupin himself. In the clearing of the forest, they find the mansion. Cardia is afraid Lupin and Impey will be upset with her for causing so much trouble, but Victor reassures her saying they are all probably waiting for her. The two approach the mansion and Cardia knocks surprised that the door is open, and Victor goes in first. While Victor is admiring the mansion, Lupin and Impey jump out of the darkness telling Victor not to move. Instead of reacting with fear, Victor just sighs saying it's a rough welcome. The two think that he harmed Cardia in some way and demand that he returns her to them. Cardia yells at them to listen to her, which surprises the three men but also catches their attention. She explains how Victor saved her, his situation, and his desire to stay in the mansion with the group in exchange for helping her with the gem on her body and her poison. Victor says that he is also willing to cooperate with everyone else in anything they want him to do. This immediately causes Impey and Lupin to be less hostile and they agree to let him stay.

Not much interaction is shown between Cardia and Victor after this. Cardia is shown looking around the mansion more, specifically in the dining room and her bedroom, meets Sisi the dog with an artificial leg made by Impey, and has her first encounter with Saint. After all of this, Cardia goes back to her bedroom to sleep, and the next chapter begins.

Chapter 2: The Strongest Stalker

The chapter starts off with Victor examining the poison in Cardia's body the next morning. Lupin and Victor discuss about it, including some ways for Cardia to have more items like utensils and clothing that will not melt or burn from her physical touch. In the process, Victor mentions the gem as the Horologium.

Later, the group heads to the city for a remote clinic of a doctor Lupin and Impey know. They all climb up a really long staircase to the top floor of a building where the clinic is located. Victor is the only one gasping for air since he's not very athletic like Lupin and Impey or unaffected like Cardia. When they meet the doctor who will treat Cardia, she asks Lupin if Victor is the one who's in need of treatment because he seems to be having "asthma." He panics as he answers "no."

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Trivia

• Victor is loosely based on the literary character Victor Frankenstein from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), who was a mad scientist who created a monster.
• Victor makes an appearance alongside the other characters of Code: Realize in the Idea Factory otome card game Sephirot ~World Tree of Time~, which contains characters exclusively from otome games published by the company Otomate.
• Victor is placed 4th in the official Code: Realize poll with a total of 841 (10.0%) votes.
• In the Japanese version of the game, Victor is called "Fran" while he is called "Victor" in the English version. Although in the anime, he goes by "Fran".
• Despite his occasional insulting or threatening comments towards Impey, such as saying he'd only need to use Van Helsing's gun to deal with Impey, Victor and Impey appear to be very close. Based on some battles in Lupin's route, they're capable of moving in perfect sync when needed. In the official short stories, Victor is often seen with Impey.
• According to Victor in his route of the sequel game Wintertide Miracles, he is from Switzerland.